Royal Le Page

"MY GREAT NEIGHBOURHOOD" CONTEST

Contest Rules

1. The "My great neighbourhood" Contest is held by Royal LePage (the "Contest Organizers"). The Contest runs on the Internet from June 21, 2011 at 0:01 (ET) to October 21, 2011 at 11:59:59 p.m. (ET) (the "Contest Period").

ELIGIBILITY

2. The Contest is open to residents of Canada who have reached the age of majority where they reside. Members of the jury, employees, agents and representatives of the Contest Organizers, of any company, corporation, trust or other legal entity controlled by or affiliated to them, Royal LePage agents, their advertising and promotional agencies, suppliers of prizes, material and services related to this Contest, as well as members of their immediate family (brothers, sisters, children, father, mother), their legal or common-law spouse and any individuals with whom such employees, agents, representatives and members of the jury are domiciled, are not eligible. "Cookies" must be accepted to enter the Contest.

HOW TO ENTER

No purchase necessary

3. To enter, proceed as follows:

3.1 During the Contest Period, go to www.royallepage.ca/mygreatneighbourhood. On the home page, follow the instructions to access the electronic entry form (the "Entry Form");
3.2 Fill out the Entry Form by entering your e-mail address, password, confirm password, first name, last name, country, province, city, postal code, date of birth and address;
3.3 Enter the characters which must be reproduced for security purposes;
3.4 Declare that you have read and agreed to the Contest Rules including the conditions set out in the Statement of consent, authorization and release in connection with the Material submitted by checking the corresponding box;
3.5 Click on Create Account;
3.6 Enter the name of your tradition, referring to the theme of the contest which is to describe why you like your community or your neighbourhood;
3.7 In the space provided, write a short text explaining the reasons why you like your community or your neighbourhood;
3.8 Enter tags (separate with spaces);
3.9 Enter your location;
3.10 Select up to five photos or one video showing why you like your community or your neighbourhood and click on "Start upload" to select and download the file of the photo or video you want to submit. A message will appear confirming that your submission has been received.

4. You can also enter the Contest by registering through the "Login with FaceBook" option. Click on "Allow" on the window appearing on your screen and complete the Entry form as provided at section 3 of the present rules.

5. Group entry. Group entry is permitted. The person who enters his name on the Entry Form will be the group representative and deemed to be the contestant in this Contest.

6. Evaluation criteria of the jury. The following criteria will be used by the jury to evaluate the video or photo(s) and text (the "Material") submitted to select winners as detailed in section 16 of these Contest Rules:

6.1 Originality and creativity;
6.2 Quality of neighbourhood information provided;
6.3 Relevancy of the Material submitted;
6.4 Number of votes obtained (see section 12)

7. The following conditions apply to the Material submitted:

7.1 It must be original and the contestant must be its sole author or have obtained all required rights or authorizations for its use in the scope of this Contest;
7.2 The Material must show why you like your community or your neighbourhood;
7.3 Accepted video formats are: Cinepak FLV (H.263/Spark and On2 VP6) H.261 H.263 H.264 / AVC / MPEG-4 AVC / MPEG-4 part 10 MJPEG (Motion JPEG) MPEG-1 MPEG-2 MPEG-4 (part 2) On2 VP3 On2 VP5 On2 VP6 RealVideo 1.0 RealVideo 2.0 Snow Theora WMV1 (Windows Media Video 7) WMV2 (Windows Media Video 8) WMV3 (Windows Media Video 9). Maximum upload size is 500 MB; Duration of the video: minimum 5 seconds and maximum 10 minutes.
7.4 Accepted photo formats are: bmp, eps, jpg, gif, pdf, png, psd, tiff.
7.5 The text must comprise between 1000 and 2000 characters;
7.6 Each video, photo and text submitted must be different from each other. The decision as to whether they are different is at the sole discretion of the Contest Organizers;
7.7 The content of the Material must be in French on the French version of the Contest web site or in English on its English version. The Material must not violate a person's privacy rights, notably contain his/her name, likeness, resemblance, voice or reveal intimate details about this person unless you have obtained his/her consent and in the case of a minor, the consent of a parent or legal guardian;
7.8 The Material must not hold inappropriate content, notably content which is explicitly sexual, offensive, harassing, discriminatory, libellous, violent, malicious, hateful, content which may be against knowledgeable accepted standards of good behaviour among the Canadian society or which depreciates Royal LePage or its affiliated companies' products or services. It must not contain suggestive images or language promoting an illegal activity and must not contain commercial content showing or promoting a product or service other than those of the Contest Organizers. The entrant will have to make sure he/she has obtained all required authorizations with regards to any portion of the Material submitted which is protected by copyright, any other intellectual property right or the right of a third party, notably music;
7.9 The Material must have been created specifically for this Contest and must not have already been published or submitted in the scope of another contest or promotion.

8. In order to be eligible to the Contest and for the Material submitted to be broadcast, any entrant must provide the following authorization by checking the corresponding box on the Entry Form:

Statement of consent, authorization and release in connection with the Material submitted

I grant Royal LePage and its representatives the authorization to reproduce, broadcast, publish, distribute, represent in public, edit, modify and translate the Material submitted and I declare to have obtained such authorization from persons who are represented in the Material and the authorization of their parent or legal guardian in the case of minors, as the case may be. These are worldwide authorizations, without any compensation and for an unlimited period of time, for the purposes of this Contest or for any other purpose related to the activities of Royal LePage, including but without being limited to, broadcast in various media notably the Royal LePage web site, web banners, existing Internet platforms (Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, YouTube, etc.) or advertising material promoting the present Contest or its future editions, as the case may be, or the services and/or products of Royal LePage. I agree for my first name, last name and location of residence to be used in connection with the Material submitted. I declare that the Material submitted is original, that I am its sole author or that I have obtained all required rights or authorizations for its use according to the terms set out in these Contest Rules and that I am not in violation of any law or third-party right. Upon request, I accept to provide Royal LePage and its representatives with the authorizations mentioned in this section. I acknowledge that royal LePage and its representatives have no responsibility concerning the use and broadcast of the Material submitted for the authorized purposes and they cannot be held liable for any violation whatsoever under these terms and conditions or terms of use of the web site by users. I undertake to reimburse Royal LePage and its representatives the amount corresponding to any expense incurred by them in the event of a claim or legal proceedings resulting from the use or the broadcast of the Material submitted.

9. If the Material submitted seems eligible following its preliminary evaluation by the Contest Organizers and/or their representatives, it will be broadcast on the Contest web site approximately one business day following the receipt of your duly filled out Entry Form (on business days) and you will obtain one (1) entry in the Contest.

10. Given the nature of the present Contest and its entry and Material broadcast conditions, it may be difficult or impossible for the Contest Organizers to identify content which is not eligible or has not undergone the required necessary authorizations. The Contest Organizers do not require additional documentation from entrants to sustain that they have obtained the necessary authorizations before broadcast of the Material. Therefore, if a portion of the Material submitted does not comply with these Contest Rules or if the Contest Organizers have reason to believe it does not comply, they reserve the right, at their sole discretion, to disqualify the entrant's entry, to remove part of the Material or to modify it in whole or in part, notably by hiding the concerned elements. If the Material is not broadcast or is withdrawn, no entry will be awarded for such participation. No notice or explanation will be given to the entrant as to why it was decided to broadcast or not the Material submitted or why it was withdrawn.

11. Entry limits. Entrants must respect the following limits otherwise they may be disqualified:

11.1 One (1) entry per e-mail address for the Contest Period;
11.2 The use of only one e-mail address when a person owns more than one.

PUBLIC'S VOTE

12. During the Contest Period, anyone can vote for his/her favourite Material, including the one he/she has submitted. To vote, proceed as follows:

12.1 Go to www.royallepage.ca/mygreatneighbourhood;
12.2 Follow the instructions to vote and view the broadcast Material. Each Material is posted along with the first name and location of residence of the entrant who submitted it;
12.3 To view videos, click on "Gallery" section;
12.4 To vote, enter your name and e-mail address and click on "Summit" below the Material submitted. Once this step is completed and subject to the vote limit in the following section, your vote will be registered. To vote, the "cookies" must be accepted.

13. Vote limits. Any person must respect the following vote limits otherwise his/her vote(s) will not be registered or may be cancelled, as the case may be:

13.1 One (1) vote per e-mail address with an IP address in Canada per day;
13.2 The use of only one e-mail address when a person own more than one.

PRIZES

14. Three prizes are offered. The prizes, each consisting in an amount of money, are:

14.1 Twenty thousand dollars ($ 20 000)
14.2 Three thousand five hundred dollars ($ 3 500)
14.3 One thousand five hundred dollars ($1 500)

15. Prize limit. There is a limit of one (1) prize per person and per household.

JURY

16. During the week of October 24, at the office of the Contest Organizers located in Toronto, a jury formed by representatives of the Contest Organizers will select three (3) entries among those submitted during the Contest Period to award the three prizes in the order they are listed in these Contest Rules. Entries will be evaluated according to the criteria provided at section 6 of these Contest Rules.

17. Odds of winning. The odds of a contestant being selected for a prize depend on the quality of the entries received according to the evaluation criteria and the total number of entries received.

AWARDING OF PRIZES

18. To be declared a winner, any selected contestant must:

18.1 Be reached by phone or e-mail, at the sole discretion of the Contest Organizers, within fifteen (15) days of the selection of his/her entry by the jury. If a selected contestant is reached by e-mail, he/she must reply in accordance with the instructions given in the e-mail, as the case may be. In the case of the return of an e-mail prize notification as undeliverable, the Contest Organizers will have the entire discretion to disqualify the Contestant's entry or to try to reach him/her by phone;
18.2 Fill out and sign the Declaration and Release Form (the "Declaration Form") that the Contest Organizers will provide him/her by mail, fax or e-mail to the effect that he/she has fulfilled all the requirements of these Contest Rules, and return it to the Contest Organizers for them to receive it within fifteen (15) days of its receipt;
18.3 In addition to the authorizations which have already been granted in compliance with section 8 of these Contest Rules, assign all copyrights or intellectual property rights and waive all moral rights related to the Material submitted to the Contest Organizers and, if required, supply any additional documentation proving that he/she holds all rights related to the Material submitted without any form of compensation. A statement to such effect will be included in the Declaration Form;
18.4 Upon request and in a timely manner, provide an identification card with photograph;
18.5 Upon request and in a timely manner, consent to a confidential background check to confirm that the use of his/her identity in any advertising or activity associated with the Contest would not discredit the Contest or the Contest Organizers nor cause them any harm.

19. Failure to comply with one of the conditions mentioned in these Contest Rules or to accept the prize will cause the selected contestant to be disqualified. In such a case, the Contest Organizers may, at their sole discretion, cancel the prize or proceed to a new selection in compliance with these Contest Rules until a contestant is selected and declared a winner.

20. Within two (2) to four (4) weeks following the receipt of the duly completed and signed Declaration Form, the Contest Organizers will deliver to the winners their prize by mail.

GENERAL CONDITIONS

21. Verification. Entry Forms, Declaration Forms and votes are subject to verification by the Contest Organizers. Any Entry Form, Declaration Form or vote which is, as the case may be, incomplete, illegible, mutilated, fraudulent, registered or submitted late, bearing an invalid e-mail address or phone number or otherwise noncompliant shall be rejected and will not entitle to an entry, a vote or to a prize, as the case may be.

22. Disqualification. The Contest Organizers reserve the right to disqualify a person or to cancel one or several entries or votes of a person who participates, votes or tries to participate or vote by using methods that do not comply with these Contest Rules or that are unfair to other entrants (e.g. entries or votes exceeding the authorized limit, violation of a third party's rights). Such a person may be reported to the appropriate legal authorities.

23. Conduct of the Contest. Any attempt to deliberately damage the Contest web site and/or any related web site or to sabotage the legitimate conduct of this Contest constitutes a violation of civil and criminal laws. Should there be any such attempts, the Contest Organizers reserve the right to reject the entrant's entries or a person's votes and obtain legal or equitable relief under applicable laws.

24. Acceptance of prize. Prizes must be accepted as described in these Contest Rules and may not, in any case, be in whole or in part transferred to another person, replaced by another prize.

25. Liability limit: use of the prize. By entering the Contest, any Finalist selected for a prize releases and holds harmless the Contest Organizers, any company, corporation, trust or other legal entity controlled by or affiliated to them, their advertising and promotional agencies, their employees, agents and representatives (the "Released Parties") from and against any damage resulting from the acceptance or use of the prize.

26. Web site. The Contest Organizers do not warrant that access to or use of the Contest web site or any related web site will be uninterrupted during the Contest Period or error-free.

27. Liability limit: conduct of the Contest. The Released Parties disclaim all liability for any of the following that may limit or prevent any entrant's participation in the Contest or a person's vote: malfunctioning of any computer component, software or communications line; loss or lack of a communications network; or any transmission that is faulty, incomplete, incomprehensible or erased by any computer or network. The Released Parties also disclaim all liability for any damages or loss that may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, by the downloading of any web page or software or by the transmission of any information related to participation in the Contest.

28. Contest modification. The Contest Organizers reserve the right, at their sole discretion, to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend this Contest in whole or in part, should human intervention or an event take place that could alter or affect the administration, security, impartiality or conduct of the Contest as provided in these Contest Rules, subject to approval by the Régie des alcools, des courses et des jeux du Québec, if required.

29. Termination of participation in the Contest. In the event that the computer system cannot register all Contest entries or votes for whatever reason, or if participation in the Contest or the voting period must be terminated in whole or in part before the closing date provided in these Contest Rules, the prizes may be awarded in compliance with the provisions to be determined by the Contest Organizers, at their sole discretion.

30. Prize limit. In no event shall the Contest Organizers be required to award more prizes than indicated in these Contest Rules or to award a prize otherwise than in compliance with these Contest Rules.

31. Liability limit: participation in the Contest and vote. Persons who enter, vote or try to enter this Contest or vote release the Released Parties from any liability for damage these said persons may incur as a result of their entry, vote or their attempt to enter the Contest or vote.

32. Authorization. By entering this Contest, the contestants authorize the Contest Organizers and their representatives to use, if required, his/her name, photo, likeness, voice, place of residence and/or statement regarding a prize for publicity purposes, without any form of compensation.

33. Communication with entrants. No communication or correspondence related to this Contest shall be exchanged with contestants, neither to members of a group, except as provided for in these Contest Rules or at the Contest Organizers' initiative.

34. Personal information. Entrants' personal information collected for the purpose of the Contest will only be used to administer the Contest. No commercial or other communications unrelated to the Contest will be sent to entrants unless they have otherwise agreed to receive such communications.

35. Property. Declaration Forms are the property of the Contest Organizers and shall not in any case be returned to contestants.

36. Entrant identification. For the purpose of these Contest Rules, the contestant is the person whose name appears on the Entry Form and it is to this person to whom the prize will be awarded if he/she is selected and declared a winner, subject to the following section.

37. Group prize. If the winner has registered in the name of a group associated to a cause, the winner will indicate in the Declaration Form to the Contest Organizers the name of the group to which the cheque has to be remitted. If the winner has registered in the name of a group of individuals, the prize will be remitted to the winner who will be the sole responsible for the distribution of the prize among the group. The decision to remit the cheque to the winner or to the group is at the sole discretion of the Contest Organizers.

38. Contest Organizers' decision. Any decision by the Contest Organizers, their representatives or the jury regarding this Contest is final and without appeal, subject to a ruling by the Régie des alcools, des courses et des jeux du Québec on any issue under its jurisdiction.

39. Litigation. For Quebec residents, any litigation respecting the conduct or organisation of a publicity contest may be submitted to the Régie des alcools, des courses et des jeux du Québec for a ruling. Any litigation respecting the awarding of a prize may be submitted to the Régie for the purpose of helping the parties reach a settlement.

40. Unenforceability. If a section of the Contest Rules is declared or deemed illegal, unenforceable or invalid by a competent court, that section shall be considered invalid, but all unaffected sections will be applied within the limits of the law.

41. Language. In case of any discrepancy between the French and English versions of these Contest Rules, if an English version is available, the French version shall prevail.

42. This contest is not managed or sponsored by Facebook.